To remain or be in readiness, To work as a waiter or waitress, To be a waiter or waitress at, noun_ An old variety of hautboy or shawm_ so called because much used by the waits, Time occupied in waiting; delay; an interval of waiting; specifically, in theatrical language, the time between two acts. Compare stage-wait, One of a group of musicians or carolers who perform in the streets at Christmastime